A Wisconsin lawmaker has recorded a stunning video urging listeners to convert to Christianity. Jewish leaders are condemning Rep. Scott Allen’s holiday plea, which was recorded at a state-owned studio and sent to constituents via his official state email account.

At Wisconsin’s Capitol building, in Madison, rabbis and other members of the state’s Jewish community have been a visible presence as protests have swelled in support of state and local public worker unions. But the community’s biggest and most politically influential bodies — its two federations and affiliated community relations councils — have been conspicuously silent.